Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

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Yes only at lockdown....I found that most of my eggs are too huge for the egg carton for hatching in, just too tight and those pips are tiny at times! and then doing more research on commercial hatchery practices and hatching more shipped eggs I realized that when it comes to lockdown day 18 I never really have bad air cells anymore just awkward ones...
 
Sally Sunshine said:
NYeve Ancona Duckies update!! HUGENESS! I am putting a chicken/duck page together instead of posting here..... I will share our first 38 days together!
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Love the cuties! And thanks for the baby gate idea! I was worrying about making a decent sized grow out brooder but that solves the issue nicely. :D I have two baby gates like that that can latch together to make one giant pen. It didn't even occurs to me until I saw this!
 
Sally Sunshine said:
oh I forgot this one is also a great read!! https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching

BREATHE!
That’s right, take a deep breath, calm your nerves and RELAX!
There is no rush to get a chick out of the shell!


"The developing embryo has lived in this shell for well over 3 weeks.
It has survived off of the contents of the egg for that entire time. The only thing it has absorbed from the outside is Oxygen. As long as the chick is getting Oxygen, there is nothing urgent. Too many people feel the need to rush in and pull a chick out of a place that has served it well for 3-4 weeks. There should be no rush to get a chick out of the shell if it can breathe. As long as it has access to air through the pip, it can sit there all day, even after the blood vessels recede. It's not going to starve. It has plenty of yolk. It's not going to dehydrate, unless you get impatient and begin removing shell before it's time to do so causing bleeding or too much exposure to outside air." http://www.avianresources.com/Nursery_Mgt.htm​
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Thank you! I have read and reread both of these....(and many more threads) great info!!
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First egg from my first hatch....I'm a a little nuts right now! And I tend to over research and overthink things!!
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Chickengirl1304 said:
Sally and sumi,
Just wondering how you hatch? Do you use cartons or just lay the eggs on their sides for lockdown and hatch?

I used cartons this time for the first time this last week and it seemed they pipped and zipped great but when they tried to push themselves out of the bottom 2/3 of the shell they ended up hanging over the shell! Any advice on this? I loved the fact that they didn't play soccer with each other like my previous hatches
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I always lay then on their sides. It just seems more natural to me.
 
Coops are clean at least for a week or two! I found a few eggs hiding in the straw! stinkers!! frozen and gross into the woods they went!
My cochins eggs are already bigger than my layer pen so I will start setting them along with any silkie eggs I collect! So at least its starting slooooowwwwly!!

I wish I had known what I do now and I would not have a "layer pen" per say,
I would def do Pure Splash/blue Ameraucana Roo's and blue hens and adding a few maran hens or OE's and barredrocks
This would give me the ability to sell the eggies for pure A's and OE's for hatching! The barred are thrown in there for tan color and I LOVE my Rocks!

Thoughts on this combo????
 
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